The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-02-12

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The Grand Rapids City Hospital will
be commenced as socn as the foundation
excavations can be dug,
The eighth annual exhibition Of the
Michigan State Poultry and Pet Stock
Association was held last week at Grand
Rapids. and was pronounced by fanciers
the largest aud most beneficial ever held
by the association.
Mrs. Alpha Amsden. who owns the
property on which Fish Lake is situated.
has served an injunction against the city OF
Grand Rapids restraining il from tapping
Fish Lake for water works purposes. II
the city viii come down with the money II
can do al the tapping it wants to.
The first colored jury in the county was
drawn in a justice court at Adrian last
week, to sit in judgment upon colored
man named William Smith. who was
charged by his wife with mauling her into
wifely obedience. The trial took the at
tention of the jury for two evenings, and
they stood by the defendant and rendered
verdict Of acquital.
James Hitchcock. of White Oak. who
was pardoned from Jackson Prison
Thanksgiving Day year ago, by Governor
Alger, after nearly thirty three years Of
confinement, is in Lansing endeaying To
enlist a friendly interest in a measure for
his relief, which he wishes 20 bring before
Al n
TO the State Prison for life in 1854. He was
the third man to enter the prison as q con-
Wet, and was known on its books and with
in its walls as "No. g." He is the oldest
living convict. He was sentenced for the
crime of murder in 1854. He was farmer
in comfortable circumstances, with a wife
and two sons and a daughter. One summer
day, while on his way from Stockbridge,
1ngham county, according TO his own story,
he was waylaid and assaulted by neighbor
named Stephenson, with whom he had had
trouble about debt Stephenson knocked
Hitchcock down and took his cane away
from him and started 10 leave him. Hitch
cock taking out his knife TO cut another
walking stick from a sapling beside the
road was again assaulted from behind by
Stephenson ana partly overpowered. In
this condition. he sought to free himself
by striking at his assailants arms with the
knife which he held in his hand He was
Mortified 20 find after moments struggle
that Stephenson yielded and fell in faint.
Hitchcock ran for assistance. but before he
returned his antagonist lay dead. On the
trial two brothers, William and Lewis Nor
gan, who saw the ARRAY, testified that
Stephenson began the assault, but one
Wright. who claimed that he saw the fight
from the start, said that Hitchcock de-
liberately stabbed Stephenson. Eight
years afterwnrd Wright admitted that he
bore Hitchcock gruAge and 10 satisfy it
had sworn falsely. On this admission
Hitchcock began his attempts to Sc cure n
pardon, which attempts continued twenty
four years to be successful finally in 1885.
--Theda Suble, the l9-year-old girl who
ran away from her home in Rollin TO marry
Jackson man, was engaged to William
Bordeaux, OF Detroit, special officer OF
her room by her parents, at Rollin, hut
leaped from second story window TO the
ground, and, scantily clad, made her way
through the snow TO Adrian, whore she
took out warrant for her parents arrest
for cruelty. Bordeaux met the girl year
ago on a Lake Shore train while she was
returning from New York, where she had
been TO marry a man she had never seen.
One look was all she wanted OF him, aud
she started back and was followed by the
fellow aud an accomplice. Bordeaux in
terfered to prevent Theda's annoyance.
Her parents were glad to have Bordeaux
take her of their hands, and had arranged
TO settle on him 100000 whenever the knot
was tied. Theda took recent dislike TO
him, and wanted TO marry the Jackson chap.
She is n we'll educated and pretty Swiss
girl, and her parents are rich.
Asa Milleman lived on his little farm,
about mile south OF Burr Oak. with his
wife, n comedy womin OF 20. They had
two children Of tender age, one an infant
in arms. Mr. Milleman drove into Burr
Oak to make some purchases and sell some
pork, and STAYED there until late IN the af-
ternoon. He arrived home after dark and.
after putting up his team. went TO the house
only 10 find his wife absent. Mrs. Millc-
man was not found at the nearest neigh